Baghdatis was horrible in the first set. He upped his game a little in the second while Nole's level fell. Nole fought from a break down in the second to dominate the tie-break.

The third set was pretty much even. Nole saved 2 set points in the tiebreak on Baggy's serve but then surrendered the set with a FH UE on his own serve. Nole's dropshots in the 3rd set tiebreak . Nole got the early break in the fourth and never looked back, though he did have to save two break points at 3*-2.

Boring match all in all, both players played badly and just pushed the ball and waited for the UE most of the time. Baghdatis' forehand especially was unpredictable, with great winners followed by sloppy UEs.

Djokovic was pretty unconvincing, he needs to raise his level. Nice run for Baggy.

"I asked a bloke in the front row if he liked the serve-and-volley stuff," said Rafter. "He said he did but asked if he was going to get to see any rallies. 'Not today, mate,' I told him."-Pat Rafter silencing the Nadull fanboys

Good one. Great fighting spirit from both of them and there were plenty of amazing points and rallies. There was no strength calculating from any of them, going for every ball no matter of the score. Quite a gutsy play.

Anyways, great tourney from Baggy always has great success here. But I really dont know why this match was so close? I mean Baggy's 1 set % was low, and he made several Un errors. He didnt really put a lot of clearance on his shots either. But he fought well and gave everyone a great match and gave him some great confidence for the 09 season. GO MARCOS!